Viking observations of the UV dayside aurora and their relationship to DMSP particle boundary definitions

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Atmospheric Physics, Auroras, Polar Cusps, Ultraviolet Emission, Daytime, Dmsp Satellites, Particle Precipitation

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Satellite optical observations and particle measurements are combined here to provide an intercalibration between Viking UV observations of the dayside aurora and DMSP-F7 particle boundary definitions. The main auroral distribution is usually continuous through the noon sector between 8 and 16 MLT. There is generally good correspondence between the Viking UV aurora and the DMSP particle signatures. The mantle and cusp particle signatures from DMSP usually result in little if any Viking UV response and consistently appear poleward of the main auroral distribution. Magnetic field mapping indices that in addition to the observed DMSP particle cusps there may be a special cusp signature more closely related to magnetospheric topology. There sometimes appears to be a boundary between the mantle and polar rain particle signatures which is associated with a high-latitude auroral feature, poleward and parallel to the auroral 'oval'.

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